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Obligations of Private Medical Establishments.- Every Private Medical Establishment shall:- (i) administer necessary first aid and take other life saving or stabilising emergency measures in all medico-legal or potentially medico-legal cases such as victims of road accidents, accidental or induced burns or poisoning or criminal assaults and the like which present themselves or are brought before it at the establishment; 2[in the event of such emergencies, without insisting on advance payment]2 (ii) actively participate in the implementation of all national and State health programmes in such manner as the State Government may specify from time to time; and furnish periodical reports thereon to the concerned authorities; (iii) perform statutory duties in respect of communicable diseases to prevent the spread of the disease to other persons and report the same to the concerned public health authorities immediately; (iv) furnish to the 1[Registration and Grievance Redressal Authority]1 such particulars in respect of such non-communicable diseases as may be notified by the State Government from time to time. 2[(v) display the Patient’s Charter and Private Medical Establishment's Charter in such place easily visible to the public; (vi) handover in the event of the death of a patient, the body of the deceased immediately, without insisting on prior payment of the dues: Provided that in case the patient was admitted under any of the health care assurance schemes the private medical establishment shall claim the amount as per the scheme norms from the Government in accordance with clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 9A. 21 Provided further that the due amount in accordance with sub-section (2) of section 10 or balance due amount in accordance with sub-section (4) or (5) of section 10 may be recovered from representatives of the deceased in due course as per law. (vii) provide the Grievance Redressal Mechanism at Private Medical Establishment Level in such manner as may be prescribed.]2